Nothing says Spring like Easter dinner in Chester County! Many local restaurants are safely open for Easter brunch or dinner as well as curbside pickup and take out.

Put on your best Sunday duds and get ready to enjoy a feast!

The Desmond Hotel (located at 1 Liberty Boulevard in Malvern, 610-296-9800) is offering delicious bake at home Easter dinner options like rack of lamb, Scottish salmon, Maryland crab cakes, hanger steak, and jumbo sea scallops, as well as prepped meals so you just have to reheat, like quiche, stuffed shells, Angus short rubs, meatloaf, smoked pork loin, chicken breast topped with smoked pork loin ham & Gruyere cheese.

Sides include ready-to-roast berry Dijon glazed Brussels sprouts with applewood-smoked pork belly, macaroni and cheese, roasted broccoli and cauliflower, chicken salad, Quinoa salad with zinfandel dressing, and roasted beet salad with pecans.

Don’t miss the seasonal cookie dough for delicious bake-at-home goodness, like frozen ready to bake oatmeal cranberry & white chocolate cookie dough or brown butter chocolate chip, plus Reese’s brownies and bread pudding.

Order here for weekend pickup.

Duling-Kurtz House & Country Inn (located at 146 South Whitford Road in Exton, 610) 524-1830) is offering a wonderful dinner menu for Easter dinner, so please call for reservations or takeout (some menu items not available for takeout).

Enjoy appetizers such as cremini stuffed mushrooms,  baked French brie with strawberry sauce, jumbo shrimp cocktail, Kennett Square mushroom tart, or escargots de Vienne.

Entrees include delights like rack of lamb, lobster crepes, jumbo crab cake, bacon-wrapped wild boar tenderloin, or local mushroom risotto. All entrees include a vegetable, Duling-Kurtz lemon curd and fresh popovers.

Don’t miss their desserts: Raspberry Linzertorte, Austrian Cheese Strudel, Chocolate Peanut Butter Lava Cake, and Dark Belgian Chocolate Mousse, among others.

Easter Dinner Menu available 12 pm to 8 pm. For reservations call 610-524-1830.

The General Warren (located at 9 Old Lancaster Road in Malvern, 610-296-3637) is open noon til 6pm on Easter for dine-in or carryout.

Don’t miss these appetizers and entrees, shrimp cocktail, baked Feta, snapper soup, lobster and waffle, Roasted Pork Gnocchi, gluten free Steak au Poivre, gluten free v Garbanzo Kale Stew, gluten free Cherry Lime Glazed Ham, gluten free Vegan Casarecce Pasta, gluten free Marinated Leg of Lamb, gluten free Jumbo Sea Scallops, gluten free Jumbo Crab Cake, and gluten free Braised Short Rib.

The dessert course includes an array of delicious, fresh-baked items: Lemon Meringue Tart, Coconut Cream Pie, Ricotta Pie, Vegan Raspberry Square, Peanut Butter Marble Torte, gluten free Brownie Bottom Cheesecake, or gluten free v Mixed Fresh Fruit.

Enjoy your Easter weekend, dear readers and be safe!

*Please check with each restaurant regarding Easter brunch and dinner availability, current hours, takeout and indoor dining, mask requirements, social distancing, and other COVID-19 protocols.

Please respect the establishments that you visit.